Archive for April 2023
Carter Hodgkin
Carter Hodgkin Carter Hodgkin has exhibited widely and has received fellowships from the Pollack Krasner Foundation, Adolf & Esther Gottlieb Foundation and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Her work appears in public and private collections including the Stanford University Art Collection, the ZKM Center for Art & Media, the Zimmerli Art Museum, the…
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Miriam Jacobs The Kremlin 1990 screen print image: 30″ X 22″ edition: 30 6 colors on Rives BFK, white border Miriam printed an edition of The Kremlin during her time at the Avocet/Art Awareness studio in Lexington, NY. She did not edition her other print Metro and there is one copy in the Avocet Portfolio.…
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Ann Messner Ann Messner‘s fierce native curiosity is focused on happenstance and power in life with a pursuit of meaning. She has shown internationally for many years. Her public installations have been sited at New York’s City Hall, Times Square, and the New Museum of Contemporary Art. Messner has been a Bunting Fellow at Radcliffe…
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Gail Nathan Nathan’s work is included in numerous public and private collections including the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the New Orleans Museum of Art. Currently Gail is Executive Director of the Bronx River Art Center where she is an outspoken and successful advocate for the value of the arts in privilege deprived urban…
Read MoreCara Perlman
Cara Perlman Cara Perlman was an early member of COLAB known for her finger painted portraits of artist friends. More recently, she has produced a series of large paintings on canvas, nude portraits of her beloved husband. She has received a fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation and an individual New York Foundation for the Arts…
Read MoreKingsley Parker
Kingsley Parker After Infancy, Kingsley Parker and Rand Russell worked together making prints at her studio Grin Graphics. Kingsley was then a member of Condeso Lawler Gallery which carried many prints. Kingsley made many prints while working at Bob Blackburn’s Printmaking Workshop, Manhattan Graphics, Peter Kruty Editions, and with Betty Winkler. He made works at…
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Christy Rupp A sociopolitical eco art activist, Christy Rupp’s study of habitat degradation and economics explore the social costs of environmental disruption. Christy Rupp has exhibited widely and received two individual fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts in sculpture. She was active in COLAB, instrumental in the founding of ABC No Rio, and…
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Rand Russell Rand Russell is a master screen printer trained in England. Russell made prints with many artists while directing Grin Graphics, a collaborative art studio specializing in digital imaging and water based screen printing. She brought unique technical expertise to Avocet including the use of textured films. Rand Russell’s print collaboration history is archived…
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Kiki Smith Kiki is among the leading contemporary artists working in printmaking and she has worked collaboratively with many wonderful printmakers around the world. Kiki Smith: Prints, Books, and Things at the Museum of Modern Art in New York surveyed the artist’s extensive exploration of printed art with a catalog. Smith’s sculptures meditating on the…
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Tomie Arai Tomie Arai (she/her) is a public artist, born and raised in NYC. The stories of displaced and dislocated communities across the globe form the basis for her collaborations with historians, activists and cultural organizations. Through the framework of community-led collaborations, Arai uses public art, mixed media installations, and large-scale light projections as platforms…
Read MoreJane Dickson
Jane Dickson Jane Dickson was active in COLAB. Since 1980, Dickson has exhibited paintings nationally and internationally. Her work appears in over a dozen museum collections including the Whitney Museum, NYC, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, The Chicago Art Institute and The San Francisco Museum Of Modern Art. Her awards include a National Endowment…
Read MoreConrad Gleber
Conrad Gleber Conrad Gleber has had a long and distinguished career in art and design for communication. He exhibits digital artwork, sound and video installations. He collaborates on exhibitions of artists’ books such as one at the Baltic Contemporary Art Centre in Gateshead, England. Gleber and New York artist Duff Schweninger have produced “Dialogues with…
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